Story Behind The Song

THIS SONG IS BASED ON AN ACTUAL STORY OF AN ELDERLY COUPLE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE HUSBAND LOST HIS WEDDING RING OF MANY YEARS AND IT WASN'T FOUND AND RETURNED TO HIS ELDERLY WIFE UNTIL A NUMBER OF YEARS AFTER HE PASSED AWAY.

Song Description

A MAN AND HIS WIFE HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR OVER 50 YEARS. HE LOSES HIS WEDDING RING THAT HE HAS WORN EVERY DAY OF THEIR MARRIAGE. LONG AFTER HIS PASSING, A GRANDSON FINDS THE RING AND RETURNS IT TO HIS GRANDMOTHER WHO IS OVERJOYED.

Lyrics

JUST AN OLD TARNISHED RING

THEY WERE OLD FOLKS NOW, OR AS SOME MIGHT SAY
IN THE TWILIGHT OF THEIR YEARS
BUT THEIR LOVE WAS STILL STRONG
AS IT WAS WAY BACK THEN, WHEN THEY WERE KIDS
WITHOUT A CARE IN THE WORLD

CHORUS:
AND THOUGH HIS RING WAS NOW TARNISHED AND OLD
IN HIS HEART IT STILL SHINED LIKE PURE GOLD
AND THE LOVE THAT HE FELT, STILL MADE HER HEART MELT
JUST LIKE A YOUNG GIRL, FROM THE HAPPY DAYS OF OLD

BUT WHEN HE WALKED THROUGH THE DOORWAY ONE DAY
HIS EYES GLISTENED AND HIS HEAD TURNED AWAY
THE OLD RING WASN'T THERE, HE HAD LOOKED EVERYWHERE
BUT HE HAD LOST IT, IT WAS ALMOST MORE THAN HE COULD BEAR

CHORUS:
AND THOUGH HIS RING WAS NOW TARNISHED AND OLD
IN HIS HEART IT STILL SHINED LIKE PURE GOLD
AND THE LOVE THAT HE FELT STILL MADE HER HEART MELT
JUST LIKE A YOUNG GIRL, FROM THE HAPPY DAYS OF OLD

FIVE YEARS HAVE GONE BY SINCE HE'S GONE
SHE THINKS OF HIM EVERY DAY WHEN SHE'S ALONE
BUT SOMETHING HAPPENED TODAY, WHEN HER GRANDSON CAME TO STAY
HE SAID "GRAM" YOU'LL NEVER GUESS WHAT I JUST FOUND

SURE ENOUGH, IT WAS THAT OLD TARNISHED RING
HE'D FOUND IT IN THE YARD BY THE SWING
THOUGH IT WAS MUDDY AND COLD, TO HER IT LOOKED LIKE PURE GOLD
HIS LOVE SURELY WAS SMILIN FROM ABOVE

ON HER BEDSTAND AT NIGHT, SITS THAT OLD TARNISHED RING
WHERE IT'LL STAY, CAUSE HE STILL MAKES HER HEART SING

Copyright 2006 Richard A. Wood